Broadband Cable Company ntl France Selects OpenTV as Its Software Solution for the Launch of iTV Services; OpenTV Consolidates Leadership in Cable iTV Market.Business & Entertainment Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2001 OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV) (AEX AEX See: Amsterdam Exchange :OPTV), the world's leading interactive television and media solutions company, has further consolidated its leadership in the cable-television market with the selection of its middleware by ntl France, the first French cable company to launch broadband TV Broadband TV involves accessing multimedia content via an unmanaged broadband connection and viewing it on a PC or sometimes a normal TV. Broadband TV differs from IPTV as the network bandwidth is unmanaged and the system is inherently open. services. ntl France has selected OpenTV as its software solution for the launch of iTV services. OpenTV middleware is already deployed with French cable operators Noos and France Telecom Cable. "We believe that the selection of OpenTV by ntl France for the launch of interactive TV services is a significant endorsement of our ability to offer a ready-for-deployment iTV platform," said James Ackerman, OpenTV president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "We have selected OpenTV for France because of their advanced technology and their proven and reliable software, and we are looking forward to launch several new interactive services," said Bernard Touraine, ntl France chief executive officer. About ntl ntl France is a telecommunications and media company offering services in the fields of television, Internet and telephony. It settled in France in 1999 after having purchased cable-television networks from France Telecom, in the Ile-de-France and Provence-Alpes- Cote-d'Azur regions. Today, it covers 28 communes. ntl France is the French subsidiary of ntl Inc., a world group established in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany and France, which makes ntl the first European multiservices operator. With its establishment in Australia, the group employs nearly 20,000 people. ntl is quoted on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . Its turnover in 1999 was $1.5 billion. About OpenTV OpenTV is the world's leading interactive television and media solutions company. OpenTV builds a complete software and infrastructure platform that enables digital interactive television and brings on-demand content to other digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. devices. OpenTV solutions are crafted to meet the needs of digital communications networks and include operating middleware, content applications, content creation tools, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. expertise and strategic consulting. OpenTV software has been shipped with or installed in 13.9 million digital set-top boxes worldwide and has been selected by 39 digital cable, satellite and terrestrial communications networks in more than 50 countries, including BSkyB in the United Kingdom; TPS (1) (Transactions Per Second) The number of transactions processed within one second. TPS is a better rating for the performance of hardware and software than the common MHz and GHz rating of the computer. and Noos in France; PrimaCom in Germany; Via Digital in Spain; Stream in Italy; DIRECTV(TM) Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control ; and EchoStar's DISH Network See DBS. and USA Media Group in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . In addition, 31 digital set-top box manufacturers have licensed OpenTV's software, and more than 900 developers have joined the company's OpenAdvantage developer program. Worldwide headquarters for OpenTV is located in Mountain View, Calif. Information on OpenTV is available at www.opentv.com. This news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated herein, including statements regarding the launch of interactive services by ntl France. Actual results can differ materially. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ include but are not limited to whether current demand for interactive products and services will continue; the rate at which the market for interactive products and services will continue to expand; the timely identification, development and deployment of new interactive products and services, customer acceptance of those products and services, and the pricing thereof; the impact of competitive products and services, and the pricing of those products and services; the impact of governmental regulation and changes in technology; and other risk factors detailed in the registration statements on Forms F-1 and F-4, the annual report on Form 20-F and other documents filed from time to time by OpenTV Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: Copyright 2000, OpenTV Corp. All rights reserved. OpenTV, OpenAuthor, OpenTV Runtime, OpenStreamer and the OpenTV logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of OpenTV Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All OpenTV products and services may not be available in all geographic areas. |
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